Thursday, November 25, 2010

From Twitter 11-24-2010



  • 14:23:00: @ScorpiusMaximus: Another 5 more.
  • 14:23:21: Points to @hamsanandi (1) and rajparam (1).
  • 14:25:31: @UnnamedEntity @Scorpiusmaximus: I'llt try to wrap it in 20 more mins. Will let him know once done.
  • 14:26:11: Q5: Artiste (should be obvious) and rAga: http://p6.posterous.com/34401441
  • 14:31:58: kAmbhOji and MSS is correct. Points to: @vettipayan(1), @diogeneb(2), @kurisad (2).
  • 14:33:08: http://p6.posterous.com/34402353 rAga + artiste (hard).
  • 14:37:42: rItigauLa indeed. vanajAkSha varNa by vINa kuppaya to be precise. Nobody has gotten the artiste right though.
  • 14:38:44: The artiste is maisUr vAsudEvAcArya. That clip must be really old.
  • 14:39:15: Points to: @diogeneb (1), @hamsanandi (1), @vettipayan(1)
  • 14:41:39: Q7, hindUsthAni by nature, most Karnataka sangIta people should be able to guess it.
  • 14:45:11: @buncke: sangeethapriya.org ofcourse. I'll publish links somewhere after the kweez. You can also ping @p6 sometime. Will try and find them.
  • 14:46:16: Coming up in a sec. Posterous seems to be hiding it somewhere.
  • 14:46:45: Q7: rAga + artiste. http://p6.posterous.com/34404102
  • 14:52:53: Sorry, all folks who guessed tilAng and nATa :-)
  • 14:53:07: Answer = jOg + ravi Shankar.
  • 14:53:13: Points to: @hamsanandi (2), @kurisad (2), @sripathyramesh (2).
  • 14:55:09: Q8 coming up.
  • 14:55:45: Nothing sounds as nice as tAna played on the Veena. http://p6.posterous.com/34404970 <-- rAga + artiste (hard).
  • 15:01:23: shaNmukhapriya indeed. The artiste is R K Suryanarayana.. IMO, one of the best ever. There are some clps of him on youtube.
  • 15:01:41: Points to: @vettipayan (1), @hamsanandi (2), @sripathyramesh
  • 15:02:52: Pretty late in the day (and I'm well past my schedule). Q9 coming up shortly :)
  • 15:03:38: Probably hard: http://p6.posterous.com/34406377 <-- rAga + artiste.
  • 15:04:25: @iammdeepak: shaNmukhapriya it was :-)
  • 15:07:49: vAgadhIshwari indeed (AlApane for parAmAtmuDu velige).
  • 15:08:28: Only one right answer for the artiste. Rajkumar Bharti; He is Subramanya Bharati's grandson too (?)
  • 15:09:19: Q10 coming up. I had a few more (tough ones), but I guess it's too late. I'll push it to another kweezzz sometime.
  • 15:09:40: Points to: Points to: @diogeneb (1), @hamsanandi (2), @kurisad (1) for Q9.
  • 15:11:11: Probably not hard (I expect two different names though): http://p6.posterous.com/34407030 rAga + artiste (very very hard) + composer (hard).
  • 15:13:01: Oh my, I've clipped just the AlApane. Never mind the composer.
  • 15:13:43: @buncke: Rajkumar Bharati
  • 15:17:51: @hamsanandi (2) @kurisad (1) and @vettipayan (1) get it :)
  • 15:18:23: Yes, the answer is jhunjhUTI (in KA) / senchuruTTi (in TN).
  • 15:18:51: Oops, 1 point to @hamsanandi. Errata;
  • 15:19:59: The artiste was impossible to guess. V dEshikAcar (brother of maisUr doreswAmy ayyangAr).
  • 15:20:26: Thanks all who participated. Coming up with the scores shortly.
  • 15:26:30: Winners: @hamsanandi (1st) , @kurisad: (2nd), @diogeneb (3rd). Congratulations. Many correct answers by @vettipayan and @sripathyramesh too.
  • 15:26:54: @emailmkarthik: Certainly!
  • 15:28:10: Thanks again. shabAsh's and bhale's and misc feedback may be sent to @p6. Grievances may be cat'd to /dev/null :)
  • 15:28:40: @ScorpiusMaximus: Please take over the reins, sir!
  • 15:29:58: This is @ScorpiusMaximus, with a Quiz on Amul Ads. It will be starting in another 15 minutes, at 1:15 AM IST, woud it be fine.
  • 15:30:11: If you'd like to conduct a kweez, please visit http://www.kweezzz.com/
  • 15:35:38: @Gongala Generally i avoid the desi work hours, Twitter is too slow around then,
  • 15:40:52: Starting off the Quiz in a couple of minutes, just mark your attendance with "Uttery Butterly Delicious".
  • 15:44:37: Utterly Butterly Delicious Amul, to me the best ever ad campaign in India, love the mix of wit and topicality in them.
  • 15:45:25: This Quiz is a humble tribute to the Amul Ads which we run into invariably at some time or other in India.
  • 15:46:36: Points as usual are 6,5,4 in order of answering, and around 16 Q's in all. So are we ready.
  • 15:49:29: A starter Question, no points what was the name of the person who started this campaign in 1967?
  • 15:50:47: Yeah right it is Sylvester Da Cunha, and with that we begin the Quiz.
  • 15:53:34: 1) http://yfrog.com/2rqv6g Just name the slogan for this Ad, it was a pun on a Hollywood actioner.
  • 15:56:08: Some of the replies are close, but not the answer I am looking at.
  • 16:00:07: Hint: The slogan was a pun on a movie title, part of a famous action trilogy work it out.
  • 16:03:04: I have to close it only @kenneth got the answer I was seeking it was Di, Hard with a Vengenance.
  • 16:04:19: The slogan here was Di, Hard with a Vengenance obviously a pun on Die Hard-3. Points to @kenneth-6.
  • 16:06:00: Q 2) Should be an easy one, whom is this referring to http://yfrog.com/4bv8ig
  • 16:09:53: Closing it, this is indeed referring to the Azhar- Sangeeta Bijlani love story, there were some Nagma-Ganguly answers too.
  • 16:09:58: Points to @MadhusudhanJ-6,@i_r_squared-5 , @Gunmaster_G_9-4.
  • 16:10:51: Q 3) http://yfrog.com/nfyn5g What is being referred to here?
  • 16:14:08: Closing the Q, this was with reference to the Enron plant, slogan read Enr On? Or Off?
  • 16:14:40: Points going to @shreyasgopinath-6, @i_r_squared-5 and @Kenneth-4.
  • 16:17:03: Sorry the points here going to @kurisad-6, @shreyasgopinath-5 and @i_r_squared-4.
  • 16:18:42: Q 4) Which US President is being referred to here. http://yfrog.com/b9o4dg
  • 16:23:33: Closing the Q, got a lot of Bush,Clinton, answers but it is Jimmy Carter, reference here to Carter's origins as a peanut farmer.
  • 16:24:32: Points here going to @shreyasgopinath-6, @zaud-5 and @krtgrphr-4.
  • 16:27:08: Q 5) Easier one, reference to a controversial Ad, just name the product for which the Ad was made. http://yfrog.com/732d6g
  • 16:29:56: Closing the Q, this was a reference to the controversial Tuff Shoes Ad, featuring Milind Soman and Madhu Sapre.
  • 16:30:36: Points here going to @zauq-6, @namit93-5 and @i_r_squared-4.
  • 16:31:28: Q 6) Again who is the lady being referred to here. http://yfrog.com/bh3ixg
  • 16:34:21: Got a lot of Helen of Troy answers, but the reference here is to Princess Diana, when she attended a British naval fleet review.
  • 16:35:01: Points here going to @i_r_squared-6, @ameyc-5 and @Gunmaster_G_9-4.
  • 16:36:04: Q 7) Just fill in the slogan, this was on Thatcher's election as PM. http://yfrog.com/ne91ig
  • 16:40:14: Closing the Q, the Slogan here was HISTORYC CHOICE. Points to @vijay_dev-6, @abubakersiddiq-5 and MadhusudhanJ-4.
  • 16:41:27: Q 8) Scandal involving which political leader http://yfrog.com/jy9tgg
  • 16:44:59: Closing the Q, again a lot of A.Raja replies, but reference here is to Sukh Ram, then minister in PV's cabinet, slogan here was Dukh Ram.
  • 16:45:41: Points here going to @shreyasgopinath-6, @nachiketdeo-5 and @namit93-4.
  • 16:46:51: Q 9) Just identify the movie being referred to here. http://yfrog.com/0xc9mg
  • 16:51:02: Closing the Q, the movie in reference here is the Kamal-Mani Ratnam masterpiece Nayagan.
  • 16:52:13: Points here going to @anandhsub-6, @MadhusudhanJ-5 and @kurisad-4.
  • 16:53:05: Q 10) http://yfrog.com/ndz2b0j Again what is being referred to here.
  • 16:55:50: Closing the Q, this AD came out when the 3rd Umpire concept was introduced for the first time.
  • 16:56:33: Points here going to @MadhusudhanJ-6, @sidvee-5 and @anandhsub-4.
  • 16:57:28: Q 11) Again a reference to which Hollywood comedy http://yfrog.com/dy5jfg
  • 17:01:42: The movie here is Dustin Hoffman's Tootsie, this is the original movie poster. http://yfrog.com/0h4ng0j
  • 17:02:23: Points here going to @shreyasgopinath-6, @kurisad-5 and @abubakersiddiq-4.
  • 17:03:57: Q 12) Jjust fill in the Slogan here again a pun on the person's name. http://yfrog.com/0pnddg
  • 17:06:34: Closing it, this was during Yanni's concert at the Taj, and the slogan was YANNI MAKHAN.
  • 17:07:29: Points here going to @Kenneth-6, @i_r_squared-5 and @shreyasgopinath-4.
  • 17:08:43: Q 13) Penultimate Question, just name the Singer referred to http://yfrog.com/mhfh40j
  • 17:10:59: Closing the Q, this is a reference to Anup Jalota, the slogan being BHOJAN KING.
  • 17:11:56: Points here going to @singh_dr-6, @i_r_squared-5 and @kurisad-4.
  • 17:13:11: Last Q, When this actress passed away, Amul came out with an ad reading _____, she ____ in peace http://yfrog.com/myo6x0j , Who?
  • 17:15:36: Closing this, basically it was MAE SHE WEST IN PEACE, aka Mae West.
  • 17:16:20: Points here going to @sidvee-6, @atlasdanced-5 and @kurisad-4.
  • 17:16:39: And that brings an end to the Quiz, scores up soon.
  • 17:18:21: Winning the Quiz with 29 pts is @ i_r_squared, followed closely by @shreyasgopinath with 27, and in 3rd place is @kurisad-23.
  • 17:18:57: Send your feedback, comments, brickbats, whatever to @ScorpiusMaximus.
  • 17:19:59: Also just to remind, the first of my Quizzes on the 90s will be up tonite at 11 PM IST, so be there for a nostalgia trip.
  • 17:20:57: So cya from @ScorpiusMaximus
  • 23:34:04: 'Morning chumps. Guess who scored a triple century on the Kweezzz Championship Leaderboard? http://bit.ly/91DyWT
  • 23:36:43: Yay! RT @saffrontrail: Kweezzz in The Hindu - Metro Plus today http://bit.ly/eSsO5n .. @kweezzz @sidvee
  • 23:40:30: @ajoysp welcome, happy Kweezzzing :)


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